Mondays (see dates below) * 6-8pm * REGISTER

**** If you would like to register for more than one date, but not all, you can email us because it's a pain to do that on this site -- email info@rhizomedc.org.

Devising Dreams is a 5 week workshop series on the practice of devising. Using improvised movement, vocalization, and play, creatives are invited to explore ideas in a generative and collaborative space. Each workshop will focus on a different theme and include exercises to spark ideas and stretch our imaginations. Participants will bring their creative backgrounds, skills, and selves into the space, with gentle facilitation provided using prompts of Rhythm, Play, Clowning, Harmony, and Language. Whether you have experience in performance or are interested in expanding your practice, this workshop will offer a container to explore our artistic dreams with others. You can register for the whole series or "a la carte."

Times: 6-8pm

Dates: 8/21, 8/28, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2

For each session please bring a notebook, water, and clothes that allow freedom of movement

Note: most of the experience will take place outdoors

Week themes
8/21 Week 1: Rhythm
*Instruments welcome

8/28 Week 2: Play
*Toys welcome

9/18 Week 3: Clowning
*Props welcome

9/25 Week 4: Harmony
*Instruments welcome

10/2 Week 5: Language
*Bring (ideally memorized) text to explore

Facilitators: Niki Afsar and Katie Macyshyn

niki afsar is a nonbinary/femme, iranian-american writer and interdisclipinary artist. since 2015 they have lived and worked in new york city, tehran, the washington dc area, and western massachusetts. their work explores ideas of fluidity and longing within language, hybrid/myriad identities, and mental health. they experiment with a number of mediums including devised movement and performance; poetry and text; live singing and sound making; and mirror work. nikiafsar.com

Katie Macyshyn (they/she) is a performance artist and creative play practitioner. Their collaborative new media art uses theatricality and camp to explore mental health, alienation, and reconciliation. Macyshyn holds a BFA from the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at George Washington University. They have performed in Arlington Arts Center (VA), VisArts (MD), the Corcoran Gallery of Art (DC), and are a regular at experimental performance venue, Rhizome DC. Katie lives in Mount Rainier, MD and is from Toms River, NJ. katiemacyshyn.com